TY - BOOK
T1 - New Frontiers of the Capability Approach
AU - Comim, Flavio
AU - Fennell, Shailaja
AU - Anand, P. B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. A chenbach is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Dr. Lewis is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. This study was supported by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ResearchGrantHD·MH·03008. TheauthorsaregratefultoAndreaDanzig,GailEllinghaus, and Katherine Feldman for their help in carrying out the research, and to Drs. David Balla, Susan Harter, and Albert J. Sotnit f or crit ical readings of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2018.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - For over three decades, the capability approach proposed and developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum has had a distinct impact on development theories and approaches because it goes beyond an economic conception of development and engages with the normative aspects of development. This book explores the new frontiers of the capability approach and its links to human development in three main areas. First, it delves into the philosophical foundations of the approach, re-examining its links to concepts of common good, collective agency and epistemic diversity. Secondly, it addresses its ‘operational frontier’, aiming to give inclusive explanations of some of the most advanced methods available for capability researchers. Thirdly, it offers a wide range of the applications of this approach, as carried out by a mix of renowned capability scholars and researchers from different disciplines. This broad interdisciplinary range includes the areas of human and sustainable development, inequalities, labour markets, education, special needs, cities, urban planning, housing, social capital and happiness studies, among others.
AB - For over three decades, the capability approach proposed and developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum has had a distinct impact on development theories and approaches because it goes beyond an economic conception of development and engages with the normative aspects of development. This book explores the new frontiers of the capability approach and its links to human development in three main areas. First, it delves into the philosophical foundations of the approach, re-examining its links to concepts of common good, collective agency and epistemic diversity. Secondly, it addresses its ‘operational frontier’, aiming to give inclusive explanations of some of the most advanced methods available for capability researchers. Thirdly, it offers a wide range of the applications of this approach, as carried out by a mix of renowned capability scholars and researchers from different disciplines. This broad interdisciplinary range includes the areas of human and sustainable development, inequalities, labour markets, education, special needs, cities, urban planning, housing, social capital and happiness studies, among others.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102202232&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/9781108559881
DO - 10.1017/9781108559881
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85102202232
SN - 9781108427807
BT - New Frontiers of the Capability Approach
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -
